Embarcadaro
Rising Phoenix Morris

Santa Monica based
 Mixed Morris Dance Group
Venice May Day
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Prior Years' Appearances:

  • Saturday, Februrary 4, 2023 - 2:20p - Cerritos Festival of Friendship, Los Cerritos Center
  • Sunday, March 5. 2023 - Historical Tea and Dance Society, Woman's Club of Pasadena, 124 Fairoaks Bl, South Pasadena
  • Monday, May 1, 2023 - 6:00a – Dance the sun up May Day morning, at Venice Pier
  • Saturday, May 6, 2023 - BD – Cerritos Folk Dancers Festival, Cerritos Senior Center, 12340 South St, Cerritos
  • Sunday, May 21, 2023 - TBD - Santa Monica Farmers' Market, 2640 Main St, Santa Monica
  • Sunday, June 1. 2023 - 11:30a - British Home, 647 Manzanita Av, Sierra Madre
  • Sunday, November 19, 2023 -11:00a - 44th occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade
  • Sunday, December 3, 2023 - 11:00a - Santa Monica Farmers' Market, 2640 Main St, Santa Monica

  • April 5-7, 2019 – Wh’Ale of a T’Ale (The 2019 California Ale) – Fairfax, CA
  • April 12-14, 2019 – Dance out in Ventura and Orange Counties with Negati Morris from New Zealand [specific times + locations TBD]
  • May 1, 2019 - 6:00AM – Dance the sun up May Day morning, at Venice Pier
  • May 11 OR 12, 2019 – Renaissance Faire, Irwindale [Exact date TBD]
  • Sunday, June 1, 2019 - British Home - Sierra Madre [Tentative]
  • Saturday, July 20 + 21, 2019 - Central Coast Renaissance Faire in San Luis Obispo
  • September 13-15, 2019 – Whidby Island, with Bridgtown Morris Men and MoBacks
  • September 21 OR 28, 2019 - Irvine Global Village [Exact date TBD]
  • November 23, 2019 – Dickens Christmas Fair [Tentative]
  • December 8, 2019 – City of Orange Tree Lighting

  • Friday, April 13 thru Sunday, April 15, 2018 - Chain M'Ale - Southern California Ale in Malibu, California
  • Saturday, April 28, 2018 - Renaissance Faire, Irwindale, California [tentative]
  • Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - dancing up the sun of May Day morning, at Venice Pier at 6am
  • Saturday, May 5, 2018 - Yorkshire Square Brewery, Torrance, CA
  • Sunday, June 9, 2018- British Home - Sierra Madre
  • Saturday, July 21 and Sunday, July 22, 2018 - Central Coast Renaissance Faire in San Luis Obispo
  • Saturday, September 29, 2018 - performing throughout the day at the Irvine Global Village Festival, Bill Barber Park, 4 Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, CA (parking with shuttles at 2 locations: Main & Jamboree or Woodbridge Community Park).
  • Sunday, November 18, 2018 - Dickens Faire - Cow Palace, San Francisco California
  • Sunday, December 2, 2018 - City of Orange's Tree Lighting Ceremony


  • Friday-Sunday, April 22-24, 2016 - IrRaTiOn'Ale - Malibu, California
  • Sunday, May 1, 2016 - dancing up the sun of May Day morning , at Venice Pier at 6am, additional locations TBD
  • Sunday, June 19,2016 - Day of Music (and Dance) - Colorado Center Park
  • Saturday-Sunday, July 16-17, 2016 - Central Coast Renaissance Faire in San Luis Obispo.
  • Saturday, September 24, 2016 - performing throughout the day at the Irvine Global Village Festival, Bill Barber Park, 4 Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, CA (parking with shuttles at 2 locations: Main & Jamboree or Woodbridge Community Park).
  • Sunday, December 4, 2016 - City of Orange's Tree Lighting Ceremony

  • Friday, April 17 thru Sunday, April 19th 2015 - Ferry T'Ale - San Francisco Bay Area
  • Friday, May 1, 2015 - dancing up the sun of May Day morning, at Venice Pier at 6am
  • Sunday, June 21, 2015 - Day of Music (and Dance) - Colorado Center Park
  • Saturday July 18 and Sunday July 19 - Central Coast Renaissance Faire in San Luis Obispo
  • Saturday, September 19, 2015 - Moreton Bay Fig Morris’s 30th Anniversary Day of Dance in San Diego
  • Saturday, September 26, 2015 - performing throughout the day at the Irvine Global Village , Bill Barber Park
  • Sunday, December 6, 2015 - City of Orange's Tree Lighting Ceremony

  • December 7, 2014 - City of Orange's Tree Lighting Ceremony
  • August 29-31, 2014 - 49th Paral'ale hosted by Sound and Fury Morris in Seattle WA
  • September 27, 2014 - performing throughout the day at the Irvinge Global Village Festival, Bill Barber Park, 4 Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, CA (parking with shuttles at 2 locations: Main & Jamboree or Woodbridge Community Park).
  • July 19 thru Sunday, July 20, 2014 - Central Coast Renaissance Faire in San Luis Obispo
  • June 21, 2014 at the Santa Monica Summer Solstice festival (26th and Broadway), Santa Monica CA
  • June 7, 2014 at the British Home in California in Sierra Madre. 
  • May 1, 2014 - dancing up the sun of May Day morning, at Venice Pier at 6am 
  • April 11- 13, 2014 - We hosted and sponsored Ale'ementary in Malibu (the 2014 California Morris Ale)

  • September 28, 2013 - performing throughout the day at the Irvine Global Village Festival, Bill Barber Park, 4 Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, CA (parking with shuttles at 2 locations: Main & Jamboree or Woodbridge Community Park).
  • July 20 thru Sunday, July 21, 2013 - Central Coast Renaissance Faire in San Luis Obispo.
  • June 1, 2013 at the British Home in California in Sierra Madre.
  • May 1, 2013 - dancing up the sun of May Day morning, at Venice Pier at 6am
  • April 26-29, 2013 - 99 Cent S'Ale hosted by Mad Molly in Cupertino (the 2013 California Morris Ale)


  • October 1, 2011 - performing throughout the day at the Irvine Global Village Festival
  • May 1, 2011, 5:45a - dancing up the sun on May Day morning
  • April 22-24, 2011 - A T'Ale of Two Cities hosted by Berkeley Morris in the San Francisco Bay Area (the 2011 California Morris Ale)

  • May 1, 2010, 5:45a - dancing up the sun on May Day morning
  • April 9-11, 2010 - We hosted and sponsored An Ale Oddity in Malibu (the 2010 California Morris Ale)



  • September 21-23, 2007 - in Chicago with Pullman Morris and Sword
  • September 15, 2007 - The Ohana Festival in West Los Angeles
  • May 25-28, 2007 - Chippenham Folk Festival in Chippenham, England
  • May 1, 2007 - dancing up the sun on May Day morning, at Venice Pier
  • April 13-15 2007 - Beyond the Pale Ale hosted by Berkeley Morris in Marin (the 2007 California Morris Ale)
  • February 10, 2007 - American Legion Hall in Woodland Hills

  • December 3, 2006 - City of Orange's Tree Lighting Ceremony
  • November 13, 2006 - Redux at the Redondo Beach Pier
  • October 16, 2006 - At the Redondo Beach Pier, next to El Torrito
  • October 6-8, 2006 - Touring with the Provenc'Ale in Santa Barbara
  • September 16, 2006 - The Ohana Festival in West Los Angeles
  • May 1, 2006 - dancing up the sun of May Day morning, at Venice Pier
  • April 14-16, 2006 - Host and sponsor Tropic'Ale in Malibu (the 2006 California Morris Ale)

  • December 4, 2005 - City of Orange's Tree Lighting Ceremony
  • November 19, 2005 - Exhibition of Morris Dancing at John Muir Elementary School and the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica
  • October 22-23, 2005 - Dance weekend as part of the St. Alban's Morris Men 75th anniversary tour of California
  • August 27, 2005 - Channel Islands Harbor
  • May 1,  2005 - dancing up the sun on May Day morning, in Santa Barbara
  • April 22-24, 2005 - 100% participation at A Wabbit's T'Ale hosted by Berkeley Morris in San Francisco (the 2005 California Morris Ale)
  • March 4, 2005 - special dance out for Bruce Balan Departure and Brian's Birthday